Plot
Characters
About the Author
Themes, Motifs, & Symbols
Literary devices
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What does the Soothsayer say to Caesar?
“Beware the Ides of March”
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Once a close friend of Caesar’s and a conspirator
Brutus
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Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare
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Which of the following is a motif in Julius Caesar: Blood, Logos, or Crown?
Blood
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When the audience knows something the characters do not it is called?
dramatic irony
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What does Antony offer Caesar three times in the marketplace?
A crown
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Great-nephew of Caesar and member of the triumvirate
Octavius
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When was the play written?
1599
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What does the crown represent and sybolize?
Absolute power and kingship
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Which term refers to a protagonist or noble character who dies courageously?
A tragic hero
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Who does Caesar defeat and at the beginning of the play?
Pompey
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Who is Julius Caeser married to?
Calpurnia
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Where and when was Shakespeare born?
Stratford-upon-Avon
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When Cassius says, "...the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings..." he is illustrating this theme.
fate vs. free will
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A line delivered for the audience to hear but not the other characters on stage is called a?
Aside
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Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnia’s warnings and still go to the capitol?
Decius convinces him that Calpurnia has interpreted the dream and the omens incorrectly
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Who is this?
Julius Caeser
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Who did Shakespeare marry and how many kids did he have?
Anne Hathaway - 3 Children
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What did the storms symbolize?
Fear and warning as well as divine intervention.
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Unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter is called?
blank verse
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What does Antony do when he meets with the conspirators and sees Caesar’s body?
-He swears allegiance to Brutus and shakes hands with the conspirators
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Friend of Caesar, senator, and skilled orator (speaker)
Mark Antony
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What was the famous passage by Shakespeare and where was it from?
All the world's a stage - As You Like It
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The cause of death for Cassius and Titinius are examples of this theme.
ambition leads to corruption
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The following quote from Antony is what type of figurative language? “Mischief, thou art afoot, / Take thou what course thou wilt.”
What is personification